Posts by Russell Brown
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The only white person in sight, sober as a judge and dancing to Kylie, I couldn't be more out of my element.
I'm cheered by the news that you danced. And at the global influence of Al-Kylie.
Congratulations on the Wellingtonista Award, BTW. You should use it to big-note with your foreign hosts.
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How come "underwhelming" didn't make the list - I thought it was the best on offer !
Um, not quite sure, but it's a bit late now. Sorry.
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I should make it clear that I think any final wash-up is going to show that the scale and nature of the police action on October 15 was excessive given the evidence to hand (which was still not trivial), and perhaps find some examples of unacceptable conduct towards individuals.
But the IPCA report indicates that as many 60 women were spoken to by Operation Austin. They were subject to something that lay far outside the boundaries of acceptable police conduct and extended across years. The comparison with whatever happened on the morning of October 15 is insane. And if you're implying a racial element to Rickards' fate, with the effect of minimising what was at stake, that's even worse.
Oh, and those of you troubled by the unfamiliar feeling of agreeing with Bomber can rest easy. His post on the IPCA report ("Don’t get me wrong, I have no time for Rickards ...") is gibberish.
And here's Te Ururoa Flavell's speech at the third reading of the Independent Police Conduct Authority Bill in September. It's quite good stuff.
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Sara, I'm staggered by your argument. Are you seriously suggesting that there will be even one incident to come out of Ruatoki that will will constitute anything remotely approaching the abuse of power committed by those men over the course of years in Rotorua?
Are you seriously comparing the degree of abuse in the two cases?
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__That will hopefully shut the fucker up.__
Flocks of pigs in Point Chev today, Russell?
Oh, I don't expect his misguided sense of grievance to disappear any time soon.
But the explicit rejection of all 15 of his complaints and the emphatic vindication of the investigation by an independent authority pretty much removes any case he has to present to the public.
I hope we get the report to read though. The authority's comments seem to back up the impression I've had from conversations I've had with people familiar with the atmosphere in Rotorua at the time that there were more women terrorised by these bastards that we have known about so far.
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Will Todd Blackadder and Grizz Wylie really be turning up to Lancaster Park wearing the Green and Gold, waving inflatable wallabies?
There's a Pulp Sport item in that ...
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The shiny new Independent Police Conduct Authority does not agree with Clint Rickards about Operation Austin.
Indeed, its report is full of praise for the operation's conduct and recommends that its "groundbreaking" practices for dealing with victims should be incorporated into the Police Best Practice Manual.
That will hopefully shut the fucker up.
It might also hopefully give pause to those people who insist the police are incapable of doing anything good.
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Russ, the link to mine is dead...
Arrggh. Sorry. There was a stray space in there. Fixed now.
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Well, to be fair Emma it isn't only right-wingers trying to position themselves as moderates who start spinning more fudge than Willie Wonka on speed ...
Heh. Your best colorful metaphor in ages Craig.
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well I think Bill Clinton qualified in that category and The World at the time was full of talk about evil America was. So maybe this time round with a Dem pres the world will be ready to ditch all the crap about imperialism.
I don't think everyone thought that. Clinton was a rock star when he made his APEC visit here, and pretty much everywhere else on that trip. The incumbent doesn't seem to have quite the same touch.
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